This study considers the effects of government funding to nonprofits from a network perspective. By analyzing a novel, 12‐year panel dataset from the People's Republic of China, I find no evidence that government funding to a nonprofit crowds out private donations to the same organization. However, I find a substantial crosswise crowding‐in effect at the ego network level: an increase of one Chinese Yuan in government funding to a nonprofit's neighbor organizations in board interlocking network can increase the private giving to the nonprofit by 0.4 Chinese Yuan. A nonprofit's network position measured by Katz centrality negatively associates with its private giving. The results suggest that, if we consider the funding system from a holistic network perspective, government should support nonprofits with confidence because of the spillover effect. Moreover, a nascent nonprofit cannot increase donor's confidence by only borrowing board members from renowned organizations.

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在网络社会中为非营利组织提供资金：建立政府支持的网络框架

本研究从网络角度考虑了政府资金对非营利组织的影响。通过分析来自中华人民共和国的一个为期12年的新颖的面板数据集，我发现没有证据表明政府对非营利组织的资助会挤出对同一组织的私人捐款。但是，我发现在自我网络层次上存在着巨大的横向拥挤效应：在董事会互锁网络中，向非营利组织的邻居组织增加政府资金一元人民币，可以使对非营利组织的私人捐款增加0.4元人民币。由Katz中心度衡量的非营利组织的网络地位与其私下捐赠负相关。结果表明，如果我们从整体网络的角度考虑筹资体系，由于溢出效应，政府应充满信心地支持非营利组织。而且，新生的非营利组织不能仅从著名组织借用董事会成员来增加捐助者的信心。